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jabyrnesci.bsky.social
Perspective on #ErrorDetection and #PublicationIntegrity from the 2025 FAIRS conference @deevybee.bsky.social
"The problem of wrongly identified and non-verifiable nucleotide sequences and cell lines in research papers, or how to study things that may not exist" journals.lww.com/anesthesia-a...
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journals.lww.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:54 AM
irenehames.bsky.social
Paper mills and authorship for sale operating in plain sight:

@abalkina.bsky.social “One may think paper mills are a shadow market. No, it’s an open, public market.”

#papermills #publicationethics #publicationintegrity #scholarlypublishing
August 18, 2026 at 4:12 PM
tomk.eurosky.social
"Our institutions signal a clear preference for quantity over quality" ➡️ it's time to drop speedy but low-quality and weak science, and steer the weel towards robust, reliable, but slow science -aka degrowth 😊✊📉💪

#ScholarlyPublishing #AcademicPublishing #PublicationIntegrity #ResearchIntegrity
cmicomms.bsky.social CMI Communications @cmicomms.bsky.social · Jan 20
📣 A peer reviewer used #AI to create a fake review with 6 self-citation prompts. But is s/he the only perpetrator in our system? In the year's first editorial, Angela Huttner explores the depths of the academic-industrial complex.

#IDSky #clinmicro #peerreview

https://ow.ly/juoW50Y05t6
The beating heart of a broken machine
ow.ly
January 21, 2026 at 7:55 AM
jabyrnesci.bsky.social
I'm very grateful to have been invited to present on #ResearchIntegrity at the upcoming #ESHRE2025 @eshre.bsky.social conference in Paris on Mon 30 June 2025. If you'll be there & would like to discuss #PublicationIntegrity in reproduction, embryology, or any other topic, please drop me a line 🧪
June 20, 2025 at 10:34 AM
reeserichardson.bsky.social
#ResearchIntegrity #PublicationIntegrity
February 2, 2025 at 11:37 PM
asm.org
How does linguistic bias reinforce privilege in science? #AppEnvMicro Editor in Chief @microgem.bsky.social offers insights and discusses how reviewers can identify it to support a more equitable review process. Read the article: asm.social/2Hp #COPE #PublicationIntegrity
Linguistic Bias and the Science Lost in Translation | ASM.org
Explore how linguistic bias subtly reinforces privilege in science by constraining scientific dissemination.
asm.social
November 21, 2025 at 7:48 PM
irenehames.bsky.social
Very good essay

@profcarlrhodes.bsky.social & Martina Linnenluecke describe a set of overlapping trends in academic research publication reinforcing one another to create “a downward spiral into junkification”

#AcademicPublication #AcademicPublishing #PublicationIntegrity #ResearchIntegrity
The junkification of research - Carl Rhodes, Martina K Linnenluecke, 2025
This essay considers the emergent phenomenon of ‘junkification’ in academic research publishing. The term junkification was originally coined to describe the in...
doi.org
January 11, 2026 at 2:14 PM
reeserichardson.bsky.social
Copious duplications in cell culture images. 2020 article in Elsevier journal Polymer Testing, cited 131 times. Authors from Iran, Canada, Malaysia and Norway. #AcademicIntegrity #PublicationIntegrity #ImageForensics
Red and yellow image of cells. Some duplicated regions are indicated with boxes of various colors. Red and yellow image of cells. Some duplicated regions are indicated with boxes of various colors. Red and yellow image of cells. Some duplicated regions are indicated with boxes of various colors.
March 10, 2025 at 3:03 PM
irenehames.bsky.social
This 💯! Especially important if there is ever a #researchintegrity or #publicationintegrity challenge or investigation
retropz.bsky.social Andrew Porter @retropz.bsky.social · Jan 23
#GenerativeAI issues aside, there is a lesson here about data management and security in research

Institutional data management/information governance tools & policies might be awkward/clunky/old etc - but they exist to provide secure and verified ways to store *all* research data and notes
nature.com Nature @nature.com · Jan 23
After turning off ChatGPT’s ‘data consent’ option, Marcel Bucher lost the work behind grant applications, teaching materials and publication drafts

go.nature.com/4qLPpcb
January 23, 2026 at 11:58 AM
reeserichardson.bsky.social
This is the WhatsApp ad that launched this inquiry. Read the blog to learn more!

#Fraud #PaperMills #AcademicIntegrity #PublicationIntegrity
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May 6, 2025 at 2:41 PM
reeserichardson.bsky.social
Some within-image duplications in a 2015 Journal of Materials Science (Springer Nature) article, cited 33 times.

Author response: "...any perceived duplication likely arises from natural structural similarities within the sample."

#ImageForensics #PublicationIntegrity #AcademicIntegrity
An image from a scanning electron microscope with some unexpected duplications, highlighted by colored boxes.
March 12, 2025 at 4:06 PM
publicationethics.bsky.social
📢 Early registration for COPE Members is now open! 📢

Publication Integrity Week
2-5 November 2026

👉 Register today!
https://publicationethics.org/events/publication-integrity-week-2026

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An owl flying towards a tree with four coloured circles, which reflect the fruit of the tree, containing the phrases the evolution of scholarship; conflicting incentives; collaboration; and integrity and practical ethics. The roots of the tree have the phrases: accountability; integrity; stewardship; transparency; fairness, justice,and equity; and rigour and accuracy. The title in the logo is ‘Publication Integrity Week 2-5 November 2025’. Tagline ‘Rooted in principles. United in purpose’.
August 17, 2026 at 2:45 PM
publicationethics.bsky.social
📢 Registration is now open to COPE Members and the wider community! 📢

Publication Integrity Week
2-5 November 2026

👉 Register today!
https://publicationethics.org/events/publication-integrity-week-2026

#PublicationEthics
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#ResearchIntegrity
An owl flying towards a tree with four coloured circles, which reflect the fruit of the tree, containing the phrases the evolution of scholarship; conflicting incentives; collaboration; and integrity and practical ethics. The roots of the tree have the phrases: accountability; integrity; stewardship; transparency; fairness, justice,and equity; and rigour and accuracy. The title in the logo is ‘Publication Integrity Week 2-5 November 2025’. Tagline ‘Rooted in principles. United in purpose’.
September 14, 2026 at 4:27 PM
irenehames.bsky.social
Endogeny: the practice of a guest editor publishing a non-editorial article in their own special issue

Important ‘special issue endogeny’ dataset of >100,000 guest-edited collections with nearly 1 million papers has been created and analysed, with some jaw-dropping results 1/2
#PublicationIntegrity
The Issue with Special Issues: when Guest Editors Publish in Support of Self
The recent exceptional growth in the number of special issues has led to the largest delegation of editorial power in the history of scientific publishing. Has this power been used responsibly? In thi...
arxiv.org
January 13, 2026 at 3:45 PM
irenehames.bsky.social
It’s #PeerReviewWeek! 14-18 Sept, Peer Review Capacity: Volume, Speed, and Quality

Events and activities from around the world listed, video recordings, blog posts and more available

#PRW2026 #PublicationIntegrity #PublicationEthics #ResearchIntegrity #ScholarlyCommunication
#PhDchat #ECRchat
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September 17, 2026 at 10:54 AM
publicationethics.bsky.social
📢 Registration is now open to COPE Members and the wider community! 📢

Publication Integrity Week
2-5 November 2026

👉 Register today!
https://publicationethics.org/events/publication-integrity-week-2026

#PublicationEthics
#PublicationIntegrity
#ResearchIntegrity
An owl flying towards a tree with four coloured circles, which reflect the fruit of the tree, containing the phrases the evolution of scholarship; conflicting incentives; collaboration; and integrity and practical ethics. The roots of the tree have the phrases: accountability; integrity; stewardship; transparency; fairness, justice,and equity; and rigour and accuracy. The title in the logo is ‘Publication Integrity Week 2-5 November 2025’. Tagline ‘Rooted in principles. United in purpose’.
September 17, 2026 at 6:30 AM
begellhouse.bsky.social
Begell House partners with Clear Skies to protect publication integrity. The Papermill Alarm is integrated into our submission system, screening each manuscript at point of entry.

www.begellhouse.com/news/11

#PublicationIntegrity #ResearchIntegrity #PaperMills
August 25, 2026 at 4:15 PM
reeserichardson.bsky.social
#PaperMills #ResearchIntegrity #PublicationIntegrity #FAIRS
April 8, 2025 at 2:52 PM
publicationethics.bsky.social
"When citation integrity is questioned" opens the June COPE Forum.

The Forum then turns to a series of current cases for discussion and advice:

Read more about the discussion, explore the cases, and register:

https://ow.ly/bjM850Z9U2B
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June 19, 2026 at 11:15 AM
publicationethics.bsky.social
"When citation integrity is questioned" opens the June COPE Forum.

The Forum then turns to a series of current cases for discussion and advice:

Read more about the discussion, explore the cases, and register:

https://ow.ly/bjM850Z9U2B
#PublicationIntegrity
June 15, 2026 at 7:00 AM
publicationethics.bsky.social
"When citation integrity is questioned" opens the June COPE Forum.

The Forum then turns to a series of current cases for discussion and advice:

Read more about the discussion, explore the cases, and register:

https://ow.ly/bjM850Z9U2B
#PublicationIntegrity
June 10, 2026 at 3:40 PM
publicationethics.bsky.social
"The purpose of retraction is to correct the literature and ensure its integrity, not to punish the authors."
Howard Browman, COPE Trustee, expands on this and shares updates to the latest guidelines.
👉 Read editorial: https://ow.ly/59il50XbVn1
#Scholcomms
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October 15, 2025 at 4:35 PM
irenehames.bsky.social
Authors recognize that majority of guest editors use their power responsibly,

suggest that action by publishers and EiCs at a relatively small number of journals would solve most special issue endogeny abuses,

stress the importance of having a clear and enforced policy 2/2

#PublicationIntegrity
January 13, 2026 at 3:49 PM
irenehames.bsky.social
Important to add that they also say:

“Many journals (including those outside ranking systems) continue to conduct rigorous peer review and provide valuable venues for knowledge exchange, including in underrepresented fields and regions”.

#PublicationIntegrity #ResearchIntegrity #PeerReview
January 11, 2026 at 2:25 PM